AGAPE LOVE

Love suffers long, having patience with imperfect people.

Love is kind, and active in doing good. Love does not envy;
since it is non-possessive and noncompetitive, it actually
wants others to get ahead. Hence it does not parade itself.
Love has a self-effacing quality; it is not ostentatious.
Love is not puffed up, treating others arrogantly; it does
not behave rudely, but displays good manners and courtesy.
Love does not seek its own, insisting on its own rights and
demanding precedence; rather, it is unselfish. Love is not
provoked; it is not irritable or touchy, rough or hostile,
but is graceful under pressure. Love thinks no evil; it does
not keep an account of wrongs done to it; instead it erases
resentments. Love does not rejoice in iniquity, finding
satisfaction in the shortcomings of others and spreading
an evil report; rather, it rejoices in the truth, aggressively
advertising the good. Love bears all things, defending and
holding other people up. Love believes the best about
others, credits them with good intentions, and is not
suspicious. Love hopes all things, never giving up on people,
but affirming their future. Love endures all things,
persevering and remaining loyal to the end.